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Violet Street

Monday, January 7, 2013

Saturday's Multiple Shots Fired Incidents Actually One Incident

Police say the three separate incidents of shots fired on Saturday night in Norristown were actually all attributable to one incident at Violet and Moore streets.

Norristown Police Chief Russell Bono confirmed that three separate shots fired incidents reported by Norristown Patch on Saturday evening, Jan. 5, were actually only one incident in the 400 block of Moore Street. Norristown Patch received the first reports of a shots fired incident shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Saturday from several residents who identified East Oak and Arch as the possible location. While on the way to the scene, Patch was alerted to what was referred to as a second shooting incident in the area of Violet and Moore streets sometime around 5:30 p.m. On the scene at Violet and Moore, police and residents alerted Patch to another investigation underway at Oak and Smith streets, which was reportedly called in within minutes of …

John Q. Public

2:03 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013

I much prefer aggressive reporting, and occasional retractions, than the passive fluff oozing from non-Patch outlets. Keep it up.   more ›

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